I would also like to see an attachment that enables curagas and AoE status cures for the automaton, and AoE nukes for the black mage automaton. right now both suffer from not being able to assist in these situations, where AoE damage/status ailments are something a whm can handle, but the whm bot simply cannot do a thing about; and where AoE magical damage is needed, such as vagary.

another attachment that enhances base magic damage (like magic damage+ stat) and causes the automaton to constantly cast tier I-II nukes would be ideal as well, making it act more like shantotto II trust. You could still have it cast higher tier nukes in an attempt to magic burst, but this would let us keep it deployed and nuking, instead of just charging and waiting for a magic burst to do decent damage.

Finally, can we please have aspir and aspir II, as well as drain and drain II, removed from the black mage automatons magic list, or at least make it require a dark maneuver, AND lower its priority to be below a nuke? right now after ONE tier V nuke the automaton will proceed to cast aspir if the mob has mp, or drain if its hurt, even if a skillchain has gone off and it could magic burst. this completely messes it's usefulness up. you can fix this to an extent by removing optic fiber....but that weakens the automaton's nukes as well, and it still doesn't fix the underlying problem...it just delays it a bit longer.

hp and mp are rarely an issue for mage automatons. if it's getting hit, its either enough for repair and role reversal to fix, or its getting thrashed and drains won't help it. if it's running low on mp, we can simply reactivate it, use our plethora of mp restoral attachments, or repair with JP into repair. we do not need aspir or drains, period.